• The Korea Journal of Herbology
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.147-152
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• 2009

Objectives : This paper intends to shed light on the value of Jejungsinpyeon, which is known to have had a considerable impact on the country's medicine in the later period Joseon Period, and its position in the Joseon history of medicine. To such an end, this paper focuses on how Yakseongga was developed and transformed in the later period Joseon Period through a bibliographical study of it. Methods : (1) To make comparison and analysis of the 303 lines, which the author said he quoted from Wan.bing.hui.chun and Susebowon, with Yakseongga of Jejungsinpyeon to see association between them based on Yakseongga contained in Jejungsinpyeon (2) To make a table concerning the names of the books, their authors, when they were published, how many kinds there are, their formats based on a survey of literature containing Yakseongga published after Jejungsinpyeon. (3) To see influences made by Jejungsinpyeon on books of medicine in the later Joseon Period. Results : It was found that a total of 303 lines had been quoted from Wan bing hui chun and Susebowon and that 83 lines had been newly inserted by the author. As a result of an analysis of Yakseongga of Jejungsinpyeon, Of the 303 lines, 297 were quoted from Susebowon, and only six from Wan bing hui chun. This means that the author of Jejungsinpyeon chiefly used Susebowon as the source of Yakseongga quoted therein. 275 lines, or 76%, of a total of 386 lines of Yakseongga of Jejungsinpyeon, have their Korean names marked. Medicinal herbs marked as Chinese herbs number 83 out of 386. Among the 83 herbs named, one belongs to the part newly inserted by the author, while the remaining 82 are quoted from Yakseongga. Conclusions : It shows the author's intention to make what is contained in Yakseongga localized knowledge and used by the people easily, although Yakseongga was compiled based on quotations from Chinese literature.

• The Journal of Korean Medical History
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.99-109
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• 2009

Jejung Sinpyeon (New Edition of Medical Prescriptions) is a medical book that was compiled in order to overcome the shortcomings of Donguibogam (Exemplar of Korean Medicine), to improve and offer prescriptions suitable for new diseases according to the changing times, and simply to publish new medical books. As a result of an analysis of Yakseongga of Jejung Sinpyeon (a book of medicine written by Kang Myeong-gil in 1799, the 23rd year of the reign of King Jeongjo of the Joseon Dynasty), it was found that a total of 303 lines had been quoted from Wan-bing-hui-chun of the Ming Dynasty of China] and Dongeui Susebowon and that 83 lines had been newly inserted by the author. Of the 303 lines, 296 were quoted from Dongeui Susebowon, and only seven from Wan-bing-hui-chun. This means that the author of Jejung Sinpyeon chiefly used Dongeui Susebowon as the source of Yakseongga quoted therein. 275 lines, or 76%, of a total of 386 lines of Yakseongga of Jejung Sinpyeon, have their Korean names marked. Medicinal herbs marked as Chinese herbs number 83 out of 386. Among the 83 herbs named, one belongs to the part newly inserted by the author, while the remaining 82 are quoted from Yakseongga. The foregoing suggests that the author expected that the knowledge could be used by people easily based on an effort to make it localized knowledge, although Yakseongga was compiled based on quotations from Chinese literature. Yakseongga of Jejung Sinpyeon has significant value as the country's first State-compiled book of medicine to contain Yakseongga.

• Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.25-34
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• 2011

Gang Myeong-gil(康命吉) wrote Jejung sinpyeon(濟衆新編), one of three major medical books produced in the latter half of the Joseon Period. Jejung sinpyeon, edited at the behest of King Jeongjo, was intended to overcome the shortcomings of the then best medical book, Donguibogam(東醫寶鑑), and to update medical knowledge in a bid to spread that knowledge widely to the general public. Jejung sinpyeon contains the life and medical theories of the physician Gang Myeong-gil. In order to examine Gang Myeong-gil's life and medical theories, which influenced the edition and characteristics of Jejung sinpyeon, this paper studies his family lineage, medical records and the editorial characteristics of Jejun sinpyeon. Gang Myeong-gil and his ancestors served in government medical offices for some 200 years, and Gang Myeong-gil himself served as a physician at Naeuiwon for thirty years. His descendants also served as physicians upon passing the state-administered examination. Gang Myeong-gil preferred to prescribe drugs, and this inclination led him to include Yakseongga in Jejung sinpyeon, and he took an open and practical attitude towards the editing of the book. This approach is supported by the chapter on experience-based prescriptions in Jejung sinpyeon and the prescriptions of the Royal Infirmary, thus revealing his humanitarian and open thinking on medicine.